Food and Green Space

Mary Perez
Ariane Choupo
Antoinette Fisher

Claxton Rabb
Melissa Alfaro

Goals
Create more Green Space
Have enough food to feed
10 million people
Have a sustainable plan on
how to deal with the food
waste from ten million
people

Problem/Challenges
Finding a way to create food in a sustainable way so there is
not a surplus of food that will just go to waste and
minimizing the use of harmful pesticides.
We have to create ways to incentivize people to compost
and recycle.

Potential Design Option-Food

Vertical Farming
Build small farms inside industrial
warehouses and within businesses using
a special, patented rack technology. Its
technology eliminates contamination,
runoff and the need for pesticides, while
reducing the amount of land needed to
grow healthy produce. In Germany this is
already being done.
(This picture is an example of vertical
farming in Tokyo)-------->

Potential Design Options - Waste

Offer smaller trash cans and bigger
recycling/composting bins
Charge people for each pound of trash
Conduct curbside composting-compost will
be used as fertilizer.
Composting cheaper than just dumping garage, extends life of landfills,reduces carbon emissions,
can be reused and sold as fertilizer.

Potential Design Options - Green Space

There will be regulations for all big
businesses to incorporate green spaces on
their roofs.
Have parks designed to incorporate green
space.

Potential Design Options-Community Gardens

Benefits:

community gardens provide access to nutritionally rich foods that may otherwise be
unavailable to low-income families and individuals.
Urban agriculture is 3-5 times more productive per acre than traditional large scale farming.
community gardens add beauty to the community, filter rainwater, and help keep lakes,
rivers, and groundwater clean.
they restore oxygen to the air and help to reduce air pollution.
development and maintenance of garden space is less expensive than that of parkland.
community gardens provide a place to retreat from the noise and commotion of urban
environments.
Example Model: Farm Shop create certain crops within in a designed area, community members help maintain the farm,
and help distribute the food. Its an actual business.

Green Roofs
Reduces runoff by trapping
rainwater
Provides space for
vegetation
o Can be used to grow
food/herbs
o Can improve air quality
in urban areas
currently affected by
vehicle emissions

Partnerships
energy- solar panels, LED lights within our
green space
Buildings- using rooftops as place to create
green space. Vertical Farming and Big Box
Farms.
Water- green roofs help alleviate runoff.
Waste- work with city to conduct curbside
composting.

Examples of Green Roof Designs